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Window placard that reads "A Man from this House is Fighting for Uncle Sam," produced by the Bellingham Publishing Company, circa 1918.
Broadside advertisement for William S. Luckey's exhibition flight at Big Stone Gap, Virginia, circa 1913-1915. Features a portrait of Luckey and an image of Luckey with a Curtiss seaplane.
Broadside advertisement for the Walkerton Fair, September 1913. Lists William S. Luckey's exhibition flights as a special attraction.
Poster of a woman in an American flag-themed dress scattering seeds in a field, circa 1918. Art by Jamie Montgomery Flagg, produced by the National War Garden Commission.
Text: "Will you have a part in victory? Write to the National War Garden Commission - Washington, D.C. for free books on gardening, canning, and drying. 'Every garden a munition plant.'"
Poster of a U.S. Army aircraft crashed in water, circa 1917-1918.
Text: "Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work."
Poster of U.S. Navy aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier, circa 1927-1930. Art by J. W. Burbank.
Aviation Cadet training
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Poster of three servicemen in flight gear, circa 1943.
Text: "This announcement is made with the approval of the Joint Army and Navy Personnel Board. Aviation Cadet training to become bombardiers, navigators, and pilots in the Army Air Forces for men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, inclusive, though voluntary induction. Young men of seventeen years and less than eighteen years of age…
Poster of U.S. Army Air Service servicemen with an aircraft in the background, circa 1917. Art by J. Paul Verrees.
Text: "Join the Air Service and serve in France / Do it now."
Poster of servicemen firing a machine gun loaded with war savings stamps as ammunition, circa 1917-1918. Art by Casper Emerson Jr., issued by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Text: "Help them / Keep your War Savings pledge."
You can have silver wings
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Poster of U.S. Army Air Corps "prop and wings" badges, 1943.
Text: "You can have silver wings / If you are 17 and less than 18 you may be qualified now for membership in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve and for future training as an Aviation Cadet with the U. S. Army Air Forces. / Apply at any Aviation Cadet examining board or any U.S. Army recruiting station. / Men employed in essential was…